A prayer meeting was organised in Chennai on Sunday for late movie icon Sridevi, where the entire Tamil film industry had gathered in her respect.

Updated: March 13, 2018 11:33:03 am

A prayer meeting was organised in Chennai on Sunday for late movie icon Sridevi, where the entire Tamil film industry had gathered in her respect. The celebrities paid rich tributes to the actor, who inspired generations of stars across the film industries in the country and delivered the first of many blows to break the invisible glass ceiling for women actors in the industry.

Sridevi's kin, including husband Boney Kapoor and daughters Janhvi and Khushi had come from Mumbai to her mother's hometown, where she began her journey to superstardom, to take part in the condolence meeting. Sridevi's friend and fashion designer Manish Malhotra had also accompanied the Kapoor family to the Chennai event.

Actor Suriya, along with his wife Jyothika and his father Sivakumar attended the event and gave his condolence to the Kapoor family.

Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman and his wife Saira Banu had also come for the prayer meeting.

Latha Rajinikanth took part in the event in Chennai as Superstar Rajinikanth is on a pilgrimage to the Himalayas.

The Tamil film industry executive body Nadigar Sangam also paid tribute in a separate event on Sunday morning.